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Northwestern Federal District
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Northwestern Federal District |
| native_name | Северо-Западный федеральный округ |
| native_name_lang | ru |
| settlement_type | Federal district of Russia |
| image_map | Map of Russia - Northwestern Federal District (2018 composition).svg |
| map_caption | Location of the Northwestern Federal District |
| established_title | Established |
| established_date | 13 May 2000 |
| seat_type | Administrative centre |
| seat | Saint Petersburg |
| leader_title | Presidential Envoy |
| leader_name | Igor Rudenya |
| unit_pref | Metric |
| area_total_km2 | 1686972 |
| area_rank | 4th |
| area_footnotes | |
| population_total | 13917197 |
| total_type | Total |
| population_as_of | 2021 |
| population_rank | 5th |
| population_density_km2 | auto |
| blank_name_sec1 | Federal subjects |
| blank_info_sec1 | 11 contained |
| blank1_name_sec1 | Economic regions |
| blank1_info_sec1 | 3 contained |
| demographics_type2 | GDP |
| demographics2_footnotes | |
| demographics2_title1 | Total |
| demographics2_info1 | ₽ |
| demographics2_title2 | Per capita |
| demographics2_info2 | ₽ |
| blank_name_sec2 | HDI (2022) |
| blank_info_sec2 | 0.822 |
| · 1st | |
| website | |
| mapframe | yes |
| mapframe-zoom | 1 |
| mapframe-wikidata | yes |
the political group of regions
· 1st | mapframe-zoom = 1 | mapframe-wikidata = yes Northwestern Federal District (Северо-Западный федеральный округ) is one of the eight federal districts of Russia. It covers most of Northwest Russia. Its population was 13.6 million, of which 83.5% was urban, living in an area of 1687000 km2, The current Envoy to the Northwestern Federal District is Aleksandr Gutsan, who was appointed to the post after previously serving as Deputy Prosecutor General. He replaced former Envoy Alexander Beglov, who was removed from the position and made acting Governor of Saint Petersburg.
Demographics
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Federal subjects
The district comprises the Northern, Northwestern and Kaliningrad economic regions and eleven federal subjects:
| [[File:Northwestern Federal District (numbered).svg | 400px | Northwestern Federal District]] | # | Flag | Coat of Arms | Federal subject | Area in km2 | Population (2021) | GDP | Capital/Administrative center | Map of Administrative Division | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[File:Flag of Arkhangelsk Oblast.svg | 50px | border]] | [[File:Coat of Arms of Arkhangelsk oblast.svg | 50px | border]] | Arkhangelsk Oblast | 589,900 | 978,873 | ₽649 billion | Arkhangelsk | [[File:Outline-Archangelskaya.png | 50px | border]] | |||||||||||||
| [[File:Flag of Vologda oblast.svg | 50px | border]] | [[File:Coat of arms of Vologda oblast.svg | 50px | border]] | Vologda Oblast | 144,500 | 1,142,827 | ₽1,010 billion | Vologda | [[File:Outline Map of Vologda Oblast.svg | 50px | border]] | |||||||||||||
| [[File:Flag of Kaliningrad Oblast.svg | 50px | border]] | [[File:Coat of Arms of Kaliningrad Oblast.svg | 50px | border]] | Kaliningrad Oblast | 15,100 | 1,029,966 | ₽675 billion | Kaliningrad | [[File:Russia Kaliningrad location map.svg | 50px | border]] | |||||||||||||
| [[File:Flag of Karelia.svg | 50px | border]] | [[File:Coat of arms of the Republic of Karelia.svg | 50px | border]] | Republic of Karelia | 180,500 | 533,121 | ₽447 billion | Petrozavodsk | [[File:Outline Map of Karelia.svg | 50px | border]] | |||||||||||||
| [[File:Flag of Komi.svg | 50px | border]] | [[File:Coat of Arms of the Komi Republic.svg | 50px | border]] | Komi Republic | 416,800 | 737,853 | ₽857 billion | Syktyvkar | [[File:Outline Map of Komi Republic.png | 50px | border]] | |||||||||||||
| [[File:Flag of Leningrad Oblast.svg | 50px | border]] | [[File:Coat of arms of Leningrad Oblast.svg | 50px | border]] | Leningrad Oblast | 83,900 | 2,000,997 | ₽1,481 billion | Gatchina | [[File:Outline Map of Leningrad Oblast.svg | 50px | border]] | |||||||||||||
| [[File:Flag of Murmansk Oblast.svg | 50px | border]] | [[File:Герб Мурманской области.svg | 50px | border]] | Murmansk Oblast | 144,900 | 667,744 | ₽1,084 billion | Murmansk | [[File:Outline Map of Murmansk region.svg | 50px | border]] | |||||||||||||
| [[File:Flag of Nenets Autonomous District.svg | 50px | border]] | [[File:Coat of arms of Nenets Autonomous Okrug.svg | 50px | border]] | Nenets Autonomous Okrug | 176,800 | 41,434 | ₽407 billion | Naryan-Mar | [[File:Outline Map of Nenets Autonomous Okrug.png | 50px | border]] | |||||||||||||
| [[File:Flag of Novgorod Oblast.svg | 50px | border]] | [[File:Coat of arms of Novgorod Oblast.svg | 50px | border]] | Novgorod Oblast | 54,500 | 583,387 | ₽342 billion | Veliky Novgorod | [[File:Outline Map of Novgorod Oblast.svg | 50px | border]] | |||||||||||||
| [[File:Flag of Pskov Oblast.svg | 50px | border]] | [[File:Coat of arms of Pskov Oblast (2018).svg | 50px | border]] | Pskov Oblast | 55,400 | 599,084 | ₽220 billion | Pskov | [[File:Outline Map of Pskov Oblast.svg | 50px | border]] | |||||||||||||
| [[File:Flag of Saint Petersburg.svg | 50px | border]] | [[File:Coat of Arms of Saint Petersburg (2003).svg | 50px | border]] | Saint Petersburg | 1,400 | 5,601,911 | ₽9,440 billion | Saint Petersburg | [[File:Spb-locator.svg | 50px | border]] |
According to the results of the 2021 census, the ethnic composition of the Northwestern Federal District is as follows:
| Ethnicity | Population | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Russians | 10,884,244 | 91.30% |
| Komi | 132,823 | 1.11% |
| Ukrainians | 100,030 | 0.84% |
| Belarusians | 58,577 | 0.49% |
| Tatars | 42,421 | 0.36% |
| Armenians | 38,211 | 0.32% |
| Azerbaijanis | 34,532 | 0.29% |
| Karelians | 28,257 | 0.24% |
| Uzbeks | 28,241 | 0.24% |
| Tajiks | 21,577 | 0.18% |
| Jews | 11,960 | 0.10% |
| Others | 540,773 | 4.54% |
| Ethnicity not stated | 1,995,551 | – |
Vital statistics for 2022:
- Births: 113,637 (8.2 per 1,000)
- Deaths: 186,074 (13.4 per 1,000)
Total fertility rate (2022):
1.26 children per woman
Life expectancy (2021):
70.37 years
Presidential plenipotentiary envoys
| No. | Name (envoy) | Photo | Term of office | Appointed by | Start of term | End of term | Length of service | Vladimir Putin | Dmitry Medvedev | Vladimir Putin | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Viktor Cherkesov | [[File:Viktor Cherkesov-1 (cropped).jpg | 70px]] | 18 May 2000 | 11 March 2003 | ( days) | |||||
| 2 | Valentina Matviyenko | [[File:Valentina Matviyenko.jpg | 70px]] | 11 March 2003 | 15 October 2003 | ||||||
| 3 | Ilya Klebanov | [[File:Ilya Iosifovich Klebanov.jpg | 70px]] | 1 November 2003 | 6 September 2011 | ( days) | |||||
| 4 | Nikolay Vinnichenko | [[File:2008-12-11 Nikolay Vinnichenko (cropped).jpg | 70px]] | 6 September 2011 | 11 March 2014 | ( days) | |||||
| 5 | Vladimir Bulavin | [[File:2013-03-21 Vladimir Bulavin (cropped).jpg | 70px]] | 11 March 2014 | 28 July 2016 | ( days) | |||||
| 6 | Nikolay Tsukanov | [[File:Tsukanov in 2014.jpg | 70px]] | 28 July 2016 | 25 December 2017 | ( days) | |||||
| 7 | Alexander Beglov | [[File:Alexander Beglov 1.jpg | 70px]] | 25 December 2017 | 3 October 2018 | days | |||||
| 8 | Aleksandr Gutsan | [[File:Gutsan.jpg | 70px]] | 7 November 2018 | 24 September 2025 | ( days) | |||||
| 9 | Igor Rudenya | [[File:Igor Rudenya (04.02.2025).jpg | 70px]] | 29 September 2025 | present | days |
Notes
References
References
- Putin, V.. (13 May 2000). "Указ Президента Российской Федерации о полномочном представителе Президента Российской Федерации в федеральном округе".
- "1.1. ОСНОВНЫЕ СОЦИАЛЬНО-ЭКОНОМИЧЕСКИЕ ПОКАЗАТЕЛИ в 2014 г.". [[Russian Federal State Statistics Service]].
- (27 May 2025). "Валовой региональный продукт - Врп с 1998-2023 года (Table-2 total and Table-4 per capita)".
- "Sub-national HDI - Area Database - Global Data Lab".
- according to the [[Russian Census (2010). 2010Census
- "Putin asks Federation Council to relieve Gutsan of office as deputy prosecutor general (Part 2) - Interfax".
- link. [[Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the Federal District]], Northwestern Federal District
- "Валовой региональный продукт".
- "Национальный состав населения". [[Federal State Statistics Service (Russia).
- "Information on the number of registered births, deaths, marriages and divorces for January to December 2022".
- "Birth rate, mortality rate, natural increase, marriage rate, divorce rate for January to December 2022".
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